title: Draft Genome Sequences of Two O104:H21 Escherichia coli Isolates Causing Hemorrhagic Colitis during a 1994 Montana Outbreak Provide Insight into Their Pathogenicity.
abstract: We sequenced the genomes of two strains of O104:H21 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated during an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis in Montana in 1994. These strains carried a plasmid that contains several virulence genes not present in pO157. The genome sequences will improve phylogenetic analysis of other non-O157 E. coli strains in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Narjol
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Escalona
authors.forename: Melinda A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Lydia V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Rump
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrzejewski
authors.forename: Eric W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Croley